Krusty
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Almost thirty years ago I bought a composite 3-strand rope, then marketed as 'Sea Queen', which was 80% white nylon with 20% polypropylene in green strands.
It was strong, fairly elastic, supple and easy to grip: and it floated, so ideal for harbour mooring lines; better by far than polypropylene.
It was also much less bulky than 100% polyprop, better to handle and much easier to coil and stow.
I sailed northern Scotland as a sea-school when pontoons were rare, so most of my harbour-berthing was at piers or stone quays. By a rough calculation, those lines were used over a thousand times and never once did I have one round the prop. They went with the boat, still in serviceable condition.
I have tried to find that rope again, but the name is now in use for something else and searches of catalogues have been fruitless.
Please, does anyone know of such a rope available now ?
It was strong, fairly elastic, supple and easy to grip: and it floated, so ideal for harbour mooring lines; better by far than polypropylene.
It was also much less bulky than 100% polyprop, better to handle and much easier to coil and stow.
I sailed northern Scotland as a sea-school when pontoons were rare, so most of my harbour-berthing was at piers or stone quays. By a rough calculation, those lines were used over a thousand times and never once did I have one round the prop. They went with the boat, still in serviceable condition.
I have tried to find that rope again, but the name is now in use for something else and searches of catalogues have been fruitless.
Please, does anyone know of such a rope available now ?
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